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Sandinista

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌsændɪˈniːstə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(san′də nē′stə; Sp. sän′dē nēs′tä)

San•di•nis•ta (san′də nē′stə; Sp. sän′dē nēs′tä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nis•tas

(-nē′stəz; Sp. -nēs′täs).USA pronunciation

Governmenta member of the Nicaraguan revolutionary movement that took control of Nicaragua in 1979.

American Spanish; see Sandino, -ist
1925–30, in sense "supporter of Sandino''

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Sandinista /ˌsændɪˈniːstə/ n (in Nicaragua)

- one of a left-wing group of revolutionaries who overthrew President Somoza in 1979 and formed a socialist coalition government. The Sandinistas were opposed militarily by the US-backed Contras during the 1980s and were defeated in a general election in 1990
- (as modifier): the Sandinista revolution

Etymology: 20th Century: from Spanish, named after Augusto César Sandino a Nicaraguan general and rebel leader, murdered in 1933

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